#4E969B#4E969B

#4E969B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.072 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E969B
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 155)
HSL	hsl(184, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -21.09, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 23.17, 204.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0675 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.072 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9623, 25.7972, 34.9314)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E969B #9B534E

analogous

#4E9B79 #4E969B #4E6F9B

triadic

#4E969B #9B4E96 #969B4E

tetradic

#4E969B #794E9B #9B534E #6F9B4E

square

#4E969B #794E9B #9B534E #6F9B4E

split-complementary

#4E969B #9B4E6F #9B794E

monochromatic

#25474A #3A6F72 #4E969B #6FB2B7 #98C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E969B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E969B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E969B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E969B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E969B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e969b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.072 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b8',
    500: '#4e969b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e969b;
$custom-light: #86b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e969b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.896,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E969B

secondary

#B8908D

accent

#665FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E969B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →